Chapter 120-Faded Aura

(KING LINCOLN'S P.O.V)

I abruptly woke up out of my sleep while I breathed in and out as I clenched the cover that laid over my body. It had been a while since I last dreamed about the events that had happened over 62 years ago.

I began to blink my eyes as the lights in the room were causing my eyes to hurt as I stared up at the ceiling.

“Oh, you're awake”, Someone said as I heard the sound of a door opening.

I glanced around and noticed the woman who had discovered the secret I had been holding on too since I was a child. The woman looked exactly like Moises' wife but had a different eye color.

What was her name again, I thought as I looked directly at the woman as she walked towards the bed.

I attempted to raise my body up, but was interrupted when she suddenly said, “You don't have to strain yourself, please get some more rest”, she said, “Doctor Williams will be back shortly”, she added.

I watched as she walked over to the bed. A second later, she stood beside the bed and looked directly at me.

“How long was I asleep?”, I asked, curiously as I placed my hand over my forehead.

“Two days, your majesty”, she replied.

Two days, I mumbled. I must return to the palace, I thought as I pulled the covers off of me and slowly attempted to raise my upper body forward.

“Your Majesty, you must rest a little longer”, the woman said, as she held out her arms as if she was trying to prevent me from getting out of the bed.

“I've been away from the palace too long, I must return.”, I said, as I tried to get out of the bed.

“But Your Majesty, your body is exhausted, you mustn't strain yourself”, the woman said.

All of a sudden, the door to the room opened and I watched as Duke Winter and Doctor Williams walked into the room.

“Your Majesty”, the Doctor said as he rushed over towards me.

I watched as Duke Winter walked towards the bed and turned his head towards the woman. “Na'mah can you call for Moises and Natalie”, Duke Winter said before turning his head towards me.

(DUKE WINTER’S P.O.V)

I was sitting in my office going over some paperwork, when the door to the room suddenly came opened and Doctor Williams walked into the office.

“Your Grace”, he said as he bowed his head.

“Any signs of movements?”, I asked him as he walked towards the desk.

It's been two days since Lincoln fell unconscious and remained in the medical room of the castle. During the last two days, Natalie, Na'mah and Doctor Williams have been tirelessly working together as they try to figure out a way to slow down the deterioration of Lincoln's body.

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After witnessing the decline of Lincoln's health I became regretful of the way I had treated him all these years. My thoughts were interrupted when Doctor William said, “Your Grace, if only the world still had magical healers, maybe his majesty would have a chance.”

A healer, I thought. The only kingdom that had that type of power was the Principality of Giordano. But no one knows if there were any survivors from the previous wars. I only heard that some mages may have gone into hiding after the public executions of mages and sorcerers.

“Your Grace”, Doctor William suddenly said. I looked up at him once again after rambling through my thoughts. “I would like to run a test on Prince Christian”,

I suddenly stood up, “Christian”, I mumbled. “Right, from what I heard from Moises and Natalie, Macy's mother fled from the Principality of Giordano during the first war.

I walked around the desk and started to walk towards the door. Doctor William followed behind me as we exited out of my office.

Upon exiting the room, I noticed a butler walking up the hallway and gestured to him. He hurried over and bowed his head.

“Call for Prince Christian and tell him to meet me in the medical room."

I watched as the butler hurried off. A few seconds later, Doctor William and I continued to make our way to the medical room. A moment later, upon entering the medical room, I immediately noticed Na'mah as she stood beside the bed with her hands stretched out in front of Lincoln.

I walked towards the bed as Na'mah stepped away from Lincoln. After telling Na'mah to go call for Moises and Natalie. I stood there in front of Lincoln.

“Lincoln, how about we finally put our differences aside, privately”, I said, while Lincoln remained quiet and only looked at me with a relieved expression. “From now on we'll focus on the destruction of the aristocratic faction together”. I added.

(CHRISTIAN'S P.O.V)

“One more lap!” Moises shouted as some of the Winter knights were running further behind him. I was sitting on the ground next to Princess Sage and Princess Rosemary while we were taking a break from our swordsmanship training.

It's been two days since I started to train alongside the Winter knights. After telling Moises that, I learned a little swordsmanship from Nathan a few days ago. Moises suggested that I train alongside Princess Sage and Princess Rosemary, after he assigned Lord Dean and Sir Dell to be their teachers.

“Learning how to use my aura is so tiring”, Princess Sage said as she sighed.

“Right, I'm so exhausted” Princess Rosemary mumbled.

I glanced over at them and noticed Rosemary had turned her head towards my direction at the same time.

“Ah, Right, Christian.” Princess Rosemary suddenly said, “I heard from our mother that you and your mother are apparently a part of the surviving mages”, she added.

A mage, I thought to myself. I placed my hand over my chest. Just thinking about the unbearable pain I went through while the seal my mother had placed on me was in the process of breaking, was causing my heart to throb a little.

“By the way”, Princess Sage suddenly said, “I think you having two different colored eyes is pretty badass”, she said.

I began to chuckle at the expression she was making.

“Alright, break is over. Let's get back to training”, I heard Sir Dell say and looked over in his direction.

Sir Dell and Lord Dean were walking towards us with Moises walking beside Lord Dean.

After getting up off the ground, Princess Sage, Princess Rosemary and I followed them back to the area where we were previously training.

“Christian”, Moises said, as he slightly looked back at me before turning his head again.

“How about a little sparring match with me?” Moises asked.

“Ah, yes I would love too”, I replied, and clenched both of my fists out of excitement.

“Wait, your highness”, I heard Lord Dean say, “How about he and I spar and you watch. I would like to see something”, he added, as he walked over and handed me a wooden sword.

(PRINCE MOISES P.O.V)

“Christian, you have a lot of openings!”, I shouted as I watched Christian and Lord Dean spar.

I looked over towards the area where Sage and Rosemary were practicing on how to use their auras. Having Sir Dell as their teacher was a better option since he was also an aura user, while I focused on training with the Winter knightage and the Henrico clan members.

“Ah!” I heard a groan and quickly turned my head back in Christian and Lord Dean's direction. I noticed that Christian had fallen on the ground and Lord Dean was standing over him.

“Christian, are you okay?”Lord Dean asked Christian as he helped him off of the ground.

I walked towards them.

“Sorry, I wanted to test you further and I ended up using my full strength”, Lord Dean said, as I stood beside him.

“I'm fine,”, Christian said, and bowed his head, “Thank you for sparring with me”, he added.

I noticed Christiian had a small cut on his right cheek, when he suddenly touched the side of his face.

After watching Christian as he practiced swordsmanship alongside Sage and Rosemary. For the most part, he was a fast learner, on the other hand I could say that swordsmanship is definitely not for him, I thought to myself.

I'm not that knowledgeable when it comes to magic but I witnessed my fair share of it on the battlefield.

“Christian, let's continue the training tomorrow.”, I said, as I stepped forward to him.

If only we knew someone that could teach him about magic now that his seal had been broken.

“Prince Moises!”, I heard Na'mah voice and looked over in her direction.

“Na'mah”, I said, as she rushed over towards us.

“Prince Moises, your father has awakened!” She shouted as she approached us.

I looked over at Christian, “Come on, let's go see father” I said and saw the small smile that formed on his face.

For a second, I thought I had seen a little faded glow around his hand that was placed on his face but the next moment it was gone.

Christian and I started to follow behind Na'mah as we hurried towards the castle. After rushing inside, we made our way to the left wing of the castle. A few minutes later, we reached the medical room and were about to enter the room, when Christian suddenly turned towards me as if he was nervous.

My eyes widened as I looked at Christian.

“Christian”, I said, as I was feeling a little confused, “the cut, the cut on your face, it's gone.”